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nslookup Commands Tutorial with Examples

nslookup is a very powerful tool used to get DNS realted information from DNS servers. We can get web server IP address, Mail Server IP address, Alternative IP addresses, DNS Management Information etc from DNS servers with the nslookup command. Query and Print A Type Records We will start with a simple and general example. We … Read more

Popular Free DNS Services Around The World

DNS is important protocol for internet. Without DNS protocol we can not use internet effectively. DNS resolves domain and host names into IP addressees where computers and network devices can understand and operate. In recent years  DNS is used to block access to the some web sites and domain names. But internet is a free … Read more

Linux Dig Command Tutorial With Examples

Linux Dig Command Tutorial With Examples

Dig stands for Domain Information Groper. Dig is used to interrogate DNS servers. It has a lot of features to interact with and use DNS servers. In this tutorial, we will look at popular and useful dig command usages. Most of the system and network administrators use dig to debug DNS related issues. dig Command … Read more

How To Direct and Reverse Ip Look Up With Nslookup In Linux and Windows?

How To Direct and Reverse Ip Look Up With Nslookup In Linux and Windows?

nslookup is a network tool using to query DNS to obtain a domain name or IP address? The full name of nslookup is “name server lookup”. Nslookup supports interactive and batch mode. Nslookup alternative is dig which uses underlying Operating System libraries. nslookup Command Syntax The syntax of nslookup command is like below. name is the … Read more

Install Dnsmasq As Cache Dns Server

We have a lot of computer in our network. Our network speed is not too much. Sometimes especially in mornings our internet connection slows down. How can solve this with some dns related tricks? Dns is one of the mostly used network protocol. It can effect the internet speed. Making some optimizations will develop your … Read more